Started in 2005, by Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and wife. Now signed to Subpop Records— the iconic label that helped engineer the success of bands including Nirvana, CSS and Death Cab for Cutie – the duo released their first album, Plague Park, in 2007, and followed it up with 2009’s Face Control. While the inspiration for Plague Park was taken from their travels through Scandinavia, Face Control draws heavily on their recent trip to Russia. The term “Face Control” refers to bouncers at Russian nightclubs turning customers away based on their physical appearance. So what do they sound like? Think “a synth-pop pep rally for the damned” (according to Blender). Boeckner’s perfectly imperfect vocals with well-honed guitar alongside Perry’s pulsing synth beats combines to form a sweat-dripping medley that is stripped bare; reverberating fuzz tones of pain are steadied by insistent, metronomic rhythms. The music always straddles a thin line between dissonant and crest-fallen, but equilibrated by optimism.

After an immensely successful 2009 Asia Tour documented heavily by CNN, Handsome Furs return on their second excursion with dates in 14 cities across 6 countries:

Naughty-named glo-fi sensation Teengirl Fantasy are Logan Takahashi and Nick Weiss, two friends who met their first week at Oberlin College in Ohio. Featured in Pitchfork’s “Rising Music” category, Teengirl Fantasy have forged an entirely new classification of electronic music that many are playfully coining “Cosmic Disco-Noise” or “Booty-Pop”– genres that lend themselves fittingly to their particular brand of droned-out, warm gating synths. The band has toured the US coasts opening for acts such as Lucky Dragons, Pictureplane, and Dan Deacon. The duo has even collaborated on a video installation/performance with Jacob Ciocci of the colorful art collective, Paper Rad. Teengirl Fantasy’s releases includes a Telepathe remix, the downloadable TGIF EP and “Hollywood Hills” single on Dick Move and the “Portofino” 7″ on Merok– and are currently 9 demos deep into their debut LP, which will be released on True Panther/Merok Records.